#E6A643#E6A643

#E6A643 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A643
RGB	rgb(230, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 70.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 14.44, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 60.17, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0356 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.135 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2857, 44.5045, 11.4089)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A643 #4383E6

analogous

#E65443 #E6A643 #D4E643

triadic

#E6A643 #43E6A6 #A643E6

tetradic

#E6A643 #43E654 #4383E6 #E643D4

square

#E6A643 #43E654 #4383E6 #E643D4

split-complementary

#E6A643 #43D4E6 #5443E6

monochromatic

#9A6614 #D0891C #E6A643 #EDC079 #F4D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E6A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#E6A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A643

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A643	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c07c',
    500: '#e6a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a643;
$custom-light: #f3c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.442,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A643

secondary

#A2BBE3

accent

#7FF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A643

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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